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This Lovecraftian horror CRPG is a love letter to Ultima and D&D classics, and even Baldur's Gate 3's director is raving about it: "This is one I've been waiting for"

Skald: Against the Black Priory isn't for the faint of heart, but you won't find anything like it without a time machine

GamesRadar · Jun 4, 2024

A new throwback RPG is so good, it's won praise from Larian boss Swen Vincke: 'I’m flying to LA next week and plan to play it the entire flight'

Skald: Against the Black Priory is really winning us over.

PC Gamer · May 31, 2024

The Developer of 2023’s Best RPG Could Have A Surprise In Store for the Next Game

The developer of 'Baldur's Gate 3' is working on two new RPGs, but a recent interview suggests they could take a different form from its hit turn-based strategy games.

Inverse · May 30, 2024

Baldur's Gate 3's lead writer worried he'd joined the dev "on the downward curve" as he "thought that Divinity: Original Sin 2 may be the best game Larian will ever make"

Adam Smith felt under a lot of pressure

GamesRadar · May 29, 2024

CD Projekt doesn't feel 'threatened' by Larian's move into Warsaw: 'The more, the merrier'

Is there room in Poland's capital for two major RPG studios? CD Projekt says yes.

PC Gamer · May 28, 2024

Baldur's Gate 3 lead says Larian "did start pushing around ideas for Baldur's Gate 4, and they didn't excite us"

Narrative lead Adam Smith tells GamesRadar+ about the atmosphere surrounding Baldur's Gate 4

GamesRadar · May 27, 2024

Larian CEO reveals the studio 'had to do a bit on crunch' on Baldur's Gate 3, but it was 'certainly less' than previous projects it has worked on

'You will always have a little bit when you're trying to finish something'

PC Gamer · May 27, 2024

Baldur's Gate 3 had less crunch than Larian's previous RPGs, but its director says "you will always have a little bit" of overtime"

"It would be a lie to say we didn't"

GamesRadar · May 26, 2024

Baldur's Gate 3 director refused to sacrifice quality even amid concerns the RPG would be "impossible to finish" and budget was running out: "We were in a lot of trouble"

Larian was eventually forced to change up its development pipelines

GamesRadar · May 22, 2024

Baldur's Gate 3 devs had to overcome "incredible pressure" when starting its "very ambitious" new RPG: "If we can't follow our gut," then "it's going to be a disaster"

"We have to focus on making something that we want to play"

GamesRadar · May 21, 2024